Research and Findings
Research and Findings
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We wanted to further investigate the effects of L.E.P. on the mental health of latino youth--whether L.E.P. contributes to the high rates of suicide and low rates of nutritional/substance abuse awareness. Our research question was: "To what extent does L.E.P. contribute to high suicide rates, insurmountably high stress levels, and poor mental health among Latino citizens in America?"
We wanted to further investigate the effects of L.E.P. on the mental health of latino youth--whether L.E.P. contributes to the high rates of suicide and low rates of nutritional/substance abuse awareness. Our research question was: "To what extent does L.E.P. contribute to high suicide rates, insurmountably high stress levels, and poor mental health among Latino citizens in America?"
We conducted a survey asking native Spanish speakers in our school's Spanish National Honor Society to rate their families' fluency level in English and whether they have been incorrectly diagnosed due to L.E.P. and their families' stress levels caused by L.E.P. The form was sent out to the teen students of SNHS via Remind and was also posted to our Instagram page. To avoid Response Bias, we made the responses anonymous so that people would be comfortable to truthfully answer each question. Our results confirmed the fact that L.E.P. contributed to high levels of stress amongst Latinos. Approximately 27.3% of the participants reported that L.E.P. stressed out participants very often(a 9) when it came to obtaining healthcare.
We conducted a survey asking native Spanish speakers in our school's Spanish National Honor Society to rate their families' fluency level in English and whether they have been incorrectly diagnosed due to L.E.P. and their families' stress levels caused by L.E.P. The form was sent out to the teen students of SNHS via Remind and was also posted to our Instagram page. To avoid Response Bias, we made the responses anonymous so that people would be comfortable to truthfully answer each question. Our results confirmed the fact that L.E.P. contributed to high levels of stress amongst Latinos. Approximately 27.3% of the participants reported that L.E.P. stressed out participants very often(a 9) when it came to obtaining healthcare.
Prompt: On a scale of 1-10-with "10" being the most--how often does L.E.P. stress your family out when it comes to obtaining healthcare?
To evaluate the efficacy of our 7 days of mindfulness campaign and videos, we did a second survey asking how likely a family member with LEP was to feel more relaxed and more willing to obtain healthcare after watching our videos or other such informative videos. We did another survey after our 7 days of mindfulness campaign, asking previous participants to evaluate how less stressed out they were after consulting our videos and information in Spanish.
Our results indicated that LEP patients indeed found such short skits and posts highly effective in promoting nutritional awareness along with mental health awareness amongst the population with LEP. However, some sources of bias that may be present in our sample include Non-Response Bias, in which participants chose not to respond to the survey despite having seen it. This source of error does fails to account for the opinions of those who were not included in the sample or could not be reached via social media. As a result, multiple trials may need to follow in order to draw a correct statistical conclusion. As of now, 67% of the sample said that the 7 Days of Mindfulness Campaign have been highly effective in mitigating the deterimental effects of LEP on the mental health of teen latinos.
Looking forward, we plan to have another campaign with a higher efficacy rate and one that also takes into account the opinions of those who do not have social media.
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